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| May 9, 2016 at 14:25 | comment | added | user174351 | @vickyace I think you've said it backwards: 'psyched' is normally used in informal contexts and writing, and 'thrilled' is neutral. Or do you mean that they differ based on their objects? If so, I don't think that's true. You can be 'psyched' and 'thrilled' about the same things. The words differ, primarily, in when you would use them not what they mean or their objects. | |
| May 9, 2016 at 13:57 | comment | added | vickyace | @Telemachus Oh I get it now. And you were right, I was wrong here. So, I guess I should say "psych" should be used for more serious occasions and tasks and "thrill" for something casual. How does this look? | |
| May 9, 2016 at 13:40 | comment | added | user174351 | @vickyace I'm sorry, but I'm pretty sure that you're wrong. The problem is that you're focused on definitions of the verb. As an adjective in English, 'psyched' absolutely conveys excitement. See 1.1 here: oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/psych. (Sorry: I deleted my earlier comment while looking at more examples.) | |
| May 9, 2016 at 12:17 | history | edited | vickyace | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 9, 2016 at 11:57 | comment | added | vickyace | @Telemachus I think "excite emotionally" is just a twisted form of "to make psychologically uneasy." Different sites define the word in different ways. I choose to follow two dictionaries, if not one, I wander elsewhere only if there is a word not provided in these dictionaries. What do you say? :) | |
| May 9, 2016 at 11:36 | history | answered | vickyace | CC BY-SA 3.0 |